US 12,758,754 B2 · Gravity based drug delivery device

Abstract

A drug delivery device may be configured to delivery an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to a subject via the subject's oral-gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The drug delivery device may be configured to deliver a payload of an API while within the GI tract of the subject. The drug delivery device may include a reservoir, a potential energy source, a plurality of outlets, and a plurality of valves, wherein each outlet has a corresponding valve. The drug delivery device may further include a sensor configured to sense the direction of gravity, and the valves may be selectively opened based on a sensed direction of gravity. Thus, the drug delivery device may dispense a dose of API within the GI tracts of the subject based at least in part on the sensed direction of gravity.

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Dependent claims

An article configured for administration to a subject, the article comprising:

a reservoir configured to contain an active pharmaceutical ingredient;
a plurality of outlets;
a plurality of valves, wherein each outlet of the plurality of outlets is in selective fluid communication with the reservoir through an associated valve of the plurality of valves;
a sensor configured to sense a direction of gravity;
and
a processor configured to receive a signal from the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to selectively operate one or more of the plurality of valves to dispense the active pharmaceutical ingredient through one or more of the plurality of outlets based at least in part on the sensed direction of gravity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/031,269Filed 20 Oct 2021 · us provisional application

Priority

21 Oct 2020

Published

US 2024/0017045 A118 Jan 2024

Granted

13 Oct 2026

Term ends

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Classification5 codes

A61M 31/002
Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body: devices for releasing a drug at a continuous and controlled…
A61M 5/172
Means for controlling media flow to the body or for metering media to the body, e.g. drip meters, counters: electrical or electronic
A61M 39/22
Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use: valves or arrangement of valves
A61M 2205/33
General characteristics of the apparatus: controlling, regulating or measuring

Gravity based drug delivery device

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Abstract

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